Comedians, canaries and coalmines

The jester in the king s court is the only person allowed to tell the truth. The king who can no longer tolerate his jester has become a tyrant. This is a short clip from a Q A moderated by Dave Rubin. It s taken from from this video, which is the Q and A section of a lecture I gave recently in Norway: See, as well, this recent story in Quillette: The New War on Comedy: SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL Direct Support: Merchandise: BOOKS 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: LINKS Website: 12 Rules for Life Tour: Blog: Podcast: Reading List: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: PRODUCTS Personality Course: Self Authoring Suite: Understand Myself personality test: Merchandise: